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(TJV NEWS) In a stunning turn of events, the Reform movement has aligned itself with Hamas sympathizers, defending those who advocate for the murder of Jews.
Reporter Daniel Greenfield pointed out that former J Street press secretary, Amy Spitalnick, who now heads the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), proudly orchestrated a coalition of left-wing Jewish organizations, including the Union for Reform Judaism, the Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism, and Reconstructionist groups. This coalition has gone so far as to support campus Hamas advocates who have openly incited violence against Jewish students.
The controversial letter issued by these organizations claims that Jewish safety is intrinsically tied to the “safety of others,” absurdly including the safety of individuals calling for the death of Jews. The letter further asserts that escalating federal actions targeting antisemitism are nothing more than a guise for stripping students’ rights, including due process and the threat of deportation. The groups argue that these measures could jeopardize billions in academic research and funding.
Despite their clear alignment with Hamas-supporting factions, these groups assert they “reject any policies or actions that foment or take advantage of antisemitism.” By echoing leftist talking points that accuse Jews of “weaponizing” antisemitism, they have abandoned any semblance of solidarity with their own community.
As Greenfield emphasized, the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements have betrayed Jewish students by standing alongside those who have assaulted them—both physically and ideologically—on college campuses. This betrayal represents a monumental failure, not only in their religious duties but in their very identity as Jewish organizations. By siding with those who support antisemitic violence, they have irreparably discredited themselves.
This shocking alliance with Hamas supporters, including notorious figures like Mahmoud Khalil and Momoudo Taal, signals the ultimate betrayal. Amy Spitalnick’s prideful acknowledgment that these groups are unified in this stance marks the moment when Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist Judaism sold out their own people for the sake of leftist politics.
Only Orthodox Jewish organizations have stood firm in their defense of American Jews, refusing to sign the letter and thereby preserving their commitment to the safety and well-being of the Jewish community. The rest of the Jewish denominations have irrevocably abandoned this cause, revealing the dangerous and tragic consequences of their actions.
There is no coming back from this. The betrayal is undeniable, and these movements will be remembered for their decision to side with antisemitic violence, leaving Jewish students and communities vulnerable in their wake.
I can understand the Reform and Reconstructionist but the Conservative Movement as well?? I can’t believe that.
One doesn’t even have to be religious to understand what these protest groups are about.
It’s no longer limited to the reform movement. It is now everyone but the orthodox.
It’s no longer limited to the reform movement. It is now everyone but the orthodox.
There is now a complete schism within the Jewish people. American Jews are lost. In Israel the treason of the numerically tiny but politically entrenched (media, judiciary, bureaucracy, etc.) is an ongoing disaster.
Maybe it is time for some or all orthodox groups to say so in public about these non-orthodox organizations. Time to call a spade a spade.
Hear hear!
The signatories present themselves as speaking on behalf of American Jewry. They do not. Their views are largely drawn from a specific sliver of the Jewish world – primarily progressive, liberal, or Reform congregations – who are entitled to their opinions, but are not particularly representative of the broader American Jewish “community”.
A sliver within a sliver. There are Jews who define themselves as progressive or liberal who eschew the extreme views evidently expressed by JCPA. Many of them belong to reform or reconstructionist congregations.
ZOA (Zionist Organization of America) condemned the JCPA/ Amy Spitalnick letter and those organizations who signed it. So, the leftwing NPR (the partially-taxpayer-funded National Public Radio) did a one-sided interview with J Street alumna Amy Spitalnick, in which the NPR interviewer asked this loaded question: “There are other Jewish groups like the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) that are applauding the decision to deport these students. They say this is enhancing the safety of Jewish students and faculty at these institutions. Is it your view that these folks just have it wrong, or that they don’t represent the mainstream of thinking in the community?” I guess it never occurred to NPR that ZOA is correct that deporting pro-Hamas, violent hate-mongering antisemites makes Jewish students safer.
My Reform movement disgusts me. They have moved so far Left they’ve become the “Democrat party with Jewish holidays” another partisan arm of the Democrat party, supporting toxic, woke ideologies, and now taking the side of Hamas and the pro-Hamas mobs threatening Jews on our college campuses. They’ve replaced Jewish values with the Socialist-Marxist ideology of the Democrat party. I cancelled my Temple membership last year, when Hamas murdered 6 hostages and all the URJ could call for was an immediate ceasefire. The toxic, woke DEI, CRT, Intersectionality, gender-madness ideologies the Reform movement has bought into actually foments and gives sanction to anti-Semitism. So, until they return to Center and leave the Left, I’ll remain a Reform Jew on my own. If there were an Orthodox Synagogue in my town, I’d go there. So, I’ll continue davening at home. Chag Sameach Pesach, Shalom, be well.
I know just how you feel. It took me some time to come to this realization, but there was no going back once I saw it for what it is, which is a total disaster.
I am a Conservative Jew but work as a Hazzan at a Reform Synagogue – I can tell you without a doubt that our community is completely and totally against Hamas and the rest of Iran’s proxies. We stand with Israel and are proud zionists – to put us all into the same vein as these pathetic want to be Jews is untrue – I have seen some Orthodox Rabbis and their Congregants standing up for Hamas and Gaza stating that Israel should not exist. There are outliers in each of our movements. I am a Zionist and I am proud. My prayer is that Hamas, Hezballah, and the Houthis are utterly eliminated and Israel will have peace. Am Yisrael Chai!
I left both the Reform and Conservative movements a number of years ago after witnessing their progressive descent into liberalism and all of the evils that that political thought entails, and I’ve never looked back! So glad to have found Chabad, as well as the Orthodox movement, and make it a part of my life!
The reprehensible behavior of those who support antisemitism is inexcusable and depraved. Those who follow that path have lost their way and are no longer in touch with Gd. They would have been better off if left in the Sinai desert for deserting Judaism.